Where does “nosocomial” come from?

nosocomial (Spanish) comes from Spanish nosocomio, from Latin nosocomīum, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον, from Ancient Greek νοσοκομέω, from Ancient Greek νόσος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

nosocomial (Spanish): nosocomial relating to a hospital

Definitions

  1. nosocomial relating to a hospital

Ancestry of “nosocomial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnosocomiohospital
2Latinnosocomīumhospital, infirmary
3Ancient Greekνοσοκομεῖονinfirmary, hospital
4Ancient Greekνοσοκομέωto be under medical treatment
5Ancient Greekνόσοςsickness, disease, illness; plague; misery,...
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω